cinereus

Latin

Etymology

From cinis (“ashes”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈne.re.us/, [kɪˈnɛreʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈne.re.us/, [t͡ʃiˈnɛːreus]

Adjective

cinereus (feminine cinerea, neuter cinereum); first/second-declension adjective

1. ashen, like ashes
2. ash-colored, gray

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cinereus	cinerea	cinereum		cinereī	cinereae	cinerea
Genitive	cinereī	cinereae	cinereī		cinereōrum	cinereārum	cinereōrum
Dative	cinereō		cinereō		cinereīs
Accusative	cinereum	cineream	cinereum		cinereōs	cinereās	cinerea
Ablative	cinereō	cinereā	cinereō		cinereīs
Vocative	cineree	cinerea	cinereum		cinereī	cinereae	cinerea

Synonyms

• (like ashes): cinerāceus, cinericius

Related terms

• cinefactus
• cinerāceus
• cinerārius
• cinerēscō
• cinericius
• cinerōsus
• cinis
• concinerātus
• dēcinerātus
• dēcinerēscō
• succinericius

Descendants

• → English: cinereous
• → Italian: cinereo
• → Portuguese: cinéreo
• → Spanish: cinéreo

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

• “cinereus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cinereus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.